make a wish

to make this card use a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in card base. cut a 5 1/4 x 4 in piece of patterned paper. glue to the card base. cut three candles out of chipboard. cover with patterned paper (I used two different colors, one for the wax and one for the light). tie a piece of ribbon around one candle. cut out another candle of vellum. glue all four candles to the card base. use rub ons to write the word wish on the vellum candle. cut a small square out of colored paper. draw a cupcake with a candle on it. glue to the card base. use staples as shown.

you're a star

to make this card, cut a patterned paper to make a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. card base. use an ink pad to distress the edges of the card. cut out 2 stars, one slightly smaller than the other. glue them to each other, and then glue to the left side of the card. cover a chipboard letter b with paper, and sand the edges. glue the b onto the stars. cut out the rest of the name bryson using a cricut, diecuts, or punches. glue to the card. add the word welcome by using a rub-on. to attach star shaped brads to the left and right sides of the card.

birthday bling

to make this card, cut out a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in card base out of pink bazzil. cut out a 4 x 5 1/4 in. rectangle of patterned paper. glue to the middle of the card, leaving a border. cut out a 2 1/2 in pink circle, and scallop the edges. cut out a 2 in. green circle, and glue to the pink scalloped circle. glue to the left side of the card. cut out a 1 x 5 1/4 in. brown bazzil rectangle. wrap a ribbon around the brown rectangle, and make a bow on the left side. glue the rectangle to the bottom of the card. cover the letters h and b with paper, and sand down the edges. glue to the card, making sure the h is on the circles. write out the rest of happy birthday. glue bling on each of the scallops and three on the letter b.

queen for a day

I made this crown to celebrate my cat's "birthday". silly, I know, but fun nonetheless.


to make this crown, trace and cut out a crown pattern out of blue cardstock. lay the paper on top of a coppery colored cardstock and trace the crown pattern again, but leaving a 1/4 inchish border along the top and bottom. cut out a strip of white cardstock with scalloped craft scissors. cut a piece of maroon bazzill to fit inside the white paper. glue everything together as shown. after the glue dries, form the paper into a circle and attach the ends together. (if you have a really strong glue it might work, but I used staples.) cut out letters using a cricut or diecuts to spell the name. glue to the front of the crown. cut an elastic hair thing and staple ends to the inside of the crown so it will stay on your cat or doll's head.

a paisley birthday

to make this card use a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card base made of white cardstock. cut a 5 1/4 x 2 1/2 inch rectangle out of patterned paper. glue to the top of the card, leaving a border. cut a 5 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch rectangle out of patterned paper. draw a scalloped pattern on one of the long edges (draw on the back!). cut out the scallops. glue to the bottom part of the card, leaving an edge. it's okay if the two paper's overlap. cut a 5 1/2 x 1 or 1 in. piece of white cardstock. attach over the seam the two other papers made. punch or free cut a flower and sew a button to the middle of the flower. glue the flower and button to the card. use rub-on's to spell out happy birthday, or use rub-on's for the h (of happy) and b (of birthday) and hand write the other letters to match.

sewing sheep

to make this card, use the usual 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card base, made of blue cardstock. cut a 5 1/2 x 3 inch rectangle of patterned paper. glue it to the bottom of the card. cut a 5 1/2 x 2 inch piece of patterned paper. round the bottom edge of the rectangle, making a kind of s shape out of the edge. glue it to the middle section of the card, leaving about 1 inch of the card base showing on the top. (the two cut out pieces of paper need to overlap!) using a sewing machine, stitch along the the top and bottom border of the middle section. use a cricut, diecut, or free cut a number or letter from a solid colored piece of paper. glue it to the card where it looks best.